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The counting of votes for the high-stakes Kerala section assemblage elections began astatine 8 a.m. connected Saturday (December 13, 2025), with aboriginal trends pointing to a adjacent contention betwixt the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) and the Opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) crossed cardinal section bodies.
Initial trends released by the State Election Commission (SEC) astatine 12.22 p.m. showed the UDF starring successful 456 grama panchayats, portion the LDF was up successful 372. The UDF besides leads successful 54 municipalities, 7 territory panchayats and 4 corporations.
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The LDF, meanwhile, was up successful 28 municipalities, 7 territory panchayats and 1 corporation. The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) was starring successful 27 grama panchayats, 2 municipalities and 1 corporation.
Voter turnout successful Kerala section assemblage polls
The two-phase polling saw a higher elector turnout from women than men, with wide turnout for men being 72.7% and that for women being 74.5%. Transgender elector turnout was acold lesser, astatine 40.4%. Overall elector turnout was 73.6%
Kerala has consistently recorded elector turnouts supra 70% since 2010 successful the section elections, including polls held successful 2019 amidst the COVID-19 pandemic arsenic per SEC data. Wayanad territory recorded the highest elector turnout of 78.2% and Pathanamthitta recorded the lowest (66.7%).
Candidates successful the fray
More women candidates person contested the section assemblage elections successful some 2020 and 2025. However, portion the fig of antheral candidates has decreased betwixt 2020 and 2025, the fig of women candidates person increased. The Kerala authorities has a 50% preservation regularisation successful spot for women successful the section assemblage elections.
Among women candidates, a strong grassroots presence is evident, considering that 42% beryllium to the Kudumbashree network. Kudumbashree is the State’s poorness eradication programme targeting women acceptable up successful 1979. Its members are portion of a three-tier web with Neighbourhood Groups astatine the lowest level, Area Development Societies astatine the mediate level and the Community Development Societies astatine the highest level. Of the women contesting the elections, 12,347 are members of Neighbourhood Groups.
This is not a caller pattern. A important chunk of women candidates successful the erstwhile elections, too, were Kudumbashree members.
Wards aft delimitation
The State carried retired a three-phase delimitation process opening successful October past year. The completion of the archetypal signifier was instrumental successful deciding the electoral rolls for the section elections. The workout concluded successful August this year.
Here is however the fig of wards changed station the exercise.
